BARK (BARK) Competitors

BARK (NYSE:BARK) and ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BARK or ARKO?

28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of ARKO shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of BARK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of ARKO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BARK or ARKO?

BARK presently has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 212.39%. ARKO has a consensus price target of $7.13, indicating a potential upside of 43.36%. Given BARK's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than ARKO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BARK	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
ARKO	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, BARK or ARKO?

BARK has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARKO has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BARK or ARKO more profitable?

ARKO has a net margin of 0.18% compared to BARK's net margin of -6.34%. ARKO's return on equity of 5.50% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BARK	-6.34%	-15.32%	-5.91%
ARKO	0.18%	5.50%	0.41%

Does the media prefer BARK or ARKO?

In the previous week, BARK had 12 more articles in the media than ARKO. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for BARK and 7 mentions for ARKO. ARKO's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat BARK's score of 0.27 indicating that ARKO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BARK	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ARKO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, BARK or ARKO?

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than BARK. BARK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARKO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BARK	$484.18M	0.29	-$32.88M	-$0.17	-4.94
ARKO	$8.73B	0.06	$20.84M	$0.08	62.13

Summary

ARKO beats BARK on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.